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cksmithy

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10. It almost seems to me, and I am not

Reply to AZLD4Candidate (Original post)

Fri May 15, 2026, 12:35 PM

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a historical scholar at all, that Xi is alluding to a possible war in the future against the US. I do not believe tsf even knows fully what Xi was saying. If he understood, he would of needed a diaper change immediately.

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Trump responds to Xi's 'Thucydides Trap' comment about America's decline [View all] AZLD4Candidate Yesterday OP

Talk about clueless nwduke Yesterday #1

I don't think that is stupidity RussBLib Yesterday #6

Well nwduke 12 hrs ago #18

Xi never mentioned Biden Farmer-Rick Yesterday #2

Xi said 'Can China and the U.S. overcome the 'Thucydides Trap' - pretty present reference dave99 21 hrs ago #17

Trump can't even say "Thucydides" these days hoosierspud Yesterday #3

He probably thinks Thucydides The Madcap Yesterday #5

I'd pay money to see him try to spell it. nt eppur_se_muova Yesterday #7

"He's an asshole that other assholes says 'now that's an asshole.'" Ocelot II Yesterday #4

Repetition.... live love laugh Yesterday #8

He can't pronounce it and he louis-t Yesterday #9

It almost seems to me, and I am not cksmithy Yesterday #10

Weak. Martin68 23 hrs ago #11

The Soviets and the Americans avoided this trap, although we did have regional spats via proxies across the globe, SWBTATTReg 22 hrs ago #12

The Chinese were also the only people denied immigration rights under the 1871 Chinese Exclusion Act. AZLD4Candidate 22 hrs ago #13

Nice to cite 80-year-old and older bills. Here are other denied entry besides just China... SWBTATTReg 22 hrs ago #14

I'm not denying that and I am not denying the history of xenophobia in this country. AZLD4Candidate 22 hrs ago #15

Me either. It's a stain that we all unfortunately have to live with, try to make amends. Unfortunately, w/ the POS in SWBTATTReg 21 hrs ago #16

The big difference is that Xi is a well educated ass hole fujiyamasan 7 hrs ago #19